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1 ## Dovecot configuration file
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3 # If you're in a hurry, see http://wiki.dovecot.org/QuickConfiguration
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5 # '#' character and everything after it is treated as comments. Extra spaces
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6 # and tabs are ignored. If you want to use either of these explicitly, put the
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7 # value inside quotes, eg.: key = "# char and trailing whitespace "
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9 # Default values are shown after each value, it's not required to uncomment
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10 # any of the lines. Exception to this are paths, they're just examples
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11 # with real defaults being based on configure options. The paths listed here
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12 # are for configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
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13 # --with-ssldir=/etc/ssl
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15 # Base directory where to store runtime data.
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16 #base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
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18 # Protocols we want to be serving:
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19 # imap imaps pop3 pop3s
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20 #protocols = imap imaps
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22 # IP or host address where to listen in for connections. It's not currently
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23 # possible to specify multiple addresses. "*" listens in all IPv4 interfaces.
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24 # "[::]" listens in all IPv6 interfaces, but may also listen in all IPv4
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25 # interfaces depending on the operating system.
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26 #
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27 # If you want to specify ports for each service, you will need to configure
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28 # these settings inside the protocol imap/pop3 { ... } section, so you can
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29 # specify different ports for IMAP/POP3. For example:
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30 # protocol imap {
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31 # listen = *:10143
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32 # ssl_listen = *:10943
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33 # ..
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34 # }
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35 # protocol pop3 {
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36 # listen = *:10100
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37 # ..
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38 # }
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39 #listen = *
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41 # Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications unless
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42 # SSL/TLS is used (LOGINDISABLED capability). Note that 127.*.*.* and
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43 # IPv6 ::1 addresses are considered secure, this setting has no effect if
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44 # you connect from those addresses.
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45 #disable_plaintext_auth = yes
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47 # Should all IMAP and POP3 processes be killed when Dovecot master process
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48 # shuts down. Setting this to "no" means that Dovecot can be upgraded without
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49 # forcing existing client connections to close (although that could also be
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50 # a problem if the upgrade is eg. because of a security fix). This however
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51 # means that after master process has died, the client processes can't write
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52 # to log files anymore.
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53 #shutdown_clients = yes
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55 ##
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56 ## Logging
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57 ##
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59 # Use this logfile instead of syslog(). /dev/stderr can be used if you want to
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60 # use stderr for logging (ONLY /dev/stderr - otherwise it is closed).
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61 #log_path =
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63 # For informational messages, use this logfile instead of the default
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64 #info_log_path =
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66 # Prefix for each line written to log file. % codes are in strftime(3)
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67 # format.
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68 #log_timestamp = "%b %d %H:%M:%S "
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70 # Syslog facility to use if you're logging to syslog. Usually if you don't
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71 # want to use "mail", you'll use local0..local7. Also other standard
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72 # facilities are supported.
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73 #syslog_facility = mail
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75 ##
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76 ## SSL settings
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79 # IP or host address where to listen in for SSL connections. Defaults
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80 # to above if not specified.
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81 #ssl_listen =
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83 # Disable SSL/TLS support.
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84 #ssl_disable = no
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86 # PEM encoded X.509 SSL/TLS certificate and private key. They're opened before
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87 # dropping root privileges, so keep the key file unreadable by anyone but
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88 # root. Included doc/mkcert.sh can be used to easily generate self-signed
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89 # certificate, just make sure to update the domains in dovecot-openssl.cnf
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90 #ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
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91 #ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
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93 # If key file is password protected, give the password here. Alternatively
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94 # give it when starting dovecot with -p parameter.
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95 #ssl_key_password =
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97 # File containing trusted SSL certificate authorities. Usually not needed.
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98 #ssl_ca_file =
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100 # Request client to send a certificate.
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101 #ssl_verify_client_cert = no
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103 # How often to regenerate the SSL parameters file. Generation is quite CPU
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104 # intensive operation. The value is in hours, 0 disables regeneration
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105 # entirely.
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106 #ssl_parameters_regenerate = 168
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108 # SSL ciphers to use
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109 #ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW
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111 # Show protocol level SSL errors.
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112 #verbose_ssl = no
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115 ## Login processes
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118 # Directory where authentication process places authentication UNIX sockets
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119 # which login needs to be able to connect to. The sockets are created when
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120 # running as root, so you don't have to worry about permissions. Note that
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121 # everything in this directory is deleted when Dovecot is started.
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122 #login_dir = /var/run/dovecot/login
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124 # chroot login process to the login_dir. Only reason not to do this is if you
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125 # wish to run the whole Dovecot without roots.
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126 # http://wiki.dovecot.org/Rootless
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127 #login_chroot = yes
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129 # User to use for the login process. Create a completely new user for this,
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130 # and don't use it anywhere else. The user must also belong to a group where
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131 # only it has access, it's used to control access for authentication process.
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132 # Note that this user is NOT used to access mails.
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133 # http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserIds
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134 #login_user = dovecot
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136 # Set max. process size in megabytes. If you don't use
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137 # login_process_per_connection you might need to grow this.
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138 #login_process_size = 32
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140 # Should each login be processed in it's own process (yes), or should one
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141 # login process be allowed to process multiple connections (no)? Yes is more
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142 # secure, espcially with SSL/TLS enabled. No is faster since there's no need
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143 # to create processes all the time.
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144 #login_process_per_connection = yes
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146 # Number of login processes to create. If login_process_per_connection is
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147 # yes, this is the number of extra processes waiting for users to log in.
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148 #login_processes_count = 3
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150 # Maximum number of extra login processes to create. The extra process count
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151 # usually stays at login_processes_count, but when multiple users start logging
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152 # in at the same time more extra processes are created. To prevent fork-bombing
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153 # we check only once in a second if new processes should be created - if all
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154 # of them are used at the time, we double their amount until limit set by this
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155 # setting is reached. This setting is used only if
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157 #login_max_processes_count = 128
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158
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160 # reached, the oldest connections are dropped. If login_process_per_connection
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161 # is no, this is a per-process value, so the absolute maximum number of users
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162 # logging in actually login_processes_count * max_logging_users.
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163 #login_max_logging_users = 256
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165 # Greeting message for clients.
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166 #login_greeting = Dovecot ready.
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168 # Space-separated list of elements we want to log. The elements which have
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169 # a non-empty variable value are joined together to form a comma-separated
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170 # string.
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171 #login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c
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172
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173 # Login log format. %$ contains login_log_format_elements string, %s contains
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174 # the data we want to log.
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175 #login_log_format = %$: %s
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176
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177 ##
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178 ## Mailbox locations and namespaces
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179 ##
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181 # Default MAIL environment to use when it's not set. By leaving this empty
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182 # dovecot tries to do some automatic detection as described in
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183 # doc/mail-storages.txt. There's a few special variables you can use, eg.:
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184 #
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185 # %u - username
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186 # %n - user part in user@domain, same as %u if there's no domain
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187 # %d - domain part in user@domain, empty if there's no domain
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188 # %h - home directory
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189 #
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190 # See doc/variables.txt for full list. Some examples:
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191 #
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192 # default_mail_env = maildir:/var/mail/%1u/%u/Maildir
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193 # default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
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194 # default_mail_env = mbox:/var/mail/%d/%n/:INDEX=/var/indexes/%d/%n
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195 #
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196 #default_mail_env =
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197
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198 # If you need to set multiple mailbox locations or want to change default
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199 # namespace settings, you can do it by defining namespace sections:
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200 #
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201 # You can have private, shared and public namespaces. The only difference
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202 # between them is how Dovecot announces them to client via NAMESPACE
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203 # extension. Shared namespaces are meant for user-owned mailboxes which are
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204 # shared to other users, while public namespaces are for more globally
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205 # accessible mailboxes.
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206 #
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207 # REMEMBER: If you add any namespaces, the default namespace must be added
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208 # explicitly, ie. default_mail_env does nothing unless you have a namespace
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209 # without a location setting. Default namespace is simply done by having a
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210 # namespace with empty prefix.
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211 #namespace private {
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212 # Hierarchy separator to use. You should use the same separator for all
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213 # namespaces or some clients get confused. '/' is usually a good one.
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214 #separator = /
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215
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216 # Prefix required to access this namespace. This needs to be different for
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217 # all namespaces. For example "Public/".
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218 #prefix =
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219
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220 # Physical location of the mailbox. This is in same format as
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221 # default_mail_env, which is also the default for it.
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222 #location =
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223
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224 # There can be only one INBOX, and this setting defines which namespace
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225 # has it.
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226 #inbox = yes
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227
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228 # If namespace is hidden, it's not advertised to clients via NAMESPACE
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229 # extension or shown in LIST replies. This is mostly useful when converting
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230 # from another server with different namespaces which you want to depricate
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231 # but still keep working. For example you can create hidden namespaces with
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232 # prefixes "~/mail/", "~%u/mail/" and "mail/".
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233 #hidden = yes
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234 #}
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235
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236 # Grant access to these extra groups for mail processes. Typical use would be
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237 # to give "mail" group write access to /var/mail to be able to create dotlocks.
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238 #mail_extra_groups =
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239
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240 # Allow full filesystem access to clients. There's no access checks other than
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241 # what the operating system does for the active UID/GID. It works with both
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242 # maildir and mboxes, allowing you to prefix mailboxes names with eg. /path/
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243 # or ~user/.
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244 #mail_full_filesystem_access = no
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245
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246 ##
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247 ## Mail processes
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248 ##
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249
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250 # Enable mail process debugging. This can help you figure out why Dovecot
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251 # isn't finding your mails.
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252 #mail_debug = no
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253
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254 # Log prefix for mail processes. See doc/variables.txt for list of possible
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255 # variables you can use.
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256 #mail_log_prefix = "%Us(%u): "
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257
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258 # Use mmap() instead of read() to read mail files. read() seems to be a bit
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259 # faster with my Linux/x86 and it's better with NFS, so that's the default.
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260 # Note that OpenBSD 3.3 and older don't work right with mail_read_mmaped = yes.
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261 #mail_read_mmaped = no
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262
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263 # Don't use mmap() at all. This is required if you store indexes to shared
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264 # filesystems (NFS or clustered filesystem).
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265 #mmap_disable = no
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266
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267 # Don't write() to mmaped files. This is required for some operating systems
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268 # which use separate caches for them, such as OpenBSD.
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269 #mmap_no_write = no
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270
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271 # Locking method for index files. Alternatives are fcntl, flock and dotlock.
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272 # Dotlocking uses some tricks which may create more disk I/O than other locking
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273 # methods. NOTE: If you use NFS, remember to change also mmap_disable setting!
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274 #lock_method = fcntl
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275
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276 # Drop all privileges before exec()ing the mail process. This is mostly
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277 # meant for debugging, otherwise you don't get core dumps. It could be a small
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278 # security risk if you use single UID for multiple users, as the users could
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279 # ptrace() each others processes then.
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280 #mail_drop_priv_before_exec = no
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281
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282 # Show more verbose process titles (in ps). Currently shows user name and
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283 # IP address. Useful for seeing who are actually using the IMAP processes
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284 # (eg. shared mailboxes or if same uid is used for multiple accounts).
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285 #verbose_proctitle = no
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286
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287 # Valid UID range for users, defaults to 500 and above. This is mostly
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288 # to make sure that users can't log in as daemons or other system users.
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289 # Note that denying root logins is hardcoded to dovecot binary and can't
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290 # be done even if first_valid_uid is set to 0.
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291 #first_valid_uid = 500
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292 #last_valid_uid = 0
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293
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294 # Valid GID range for users, defaults to non-root/wheel. Users having
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295 # non-valid GID as primary group ID aren't allowed to log in. If user
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296 # belongs to supplementary groups with non-valid GIDs, those groups are
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297 # not set.
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298 #first_valid_gid = 1
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299 #last_valid_gid = 0
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300
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301 # Maximum number of running mail processes. When this limit is reached,
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302 # new users aren't allowed to log in.
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303 #max_mail_processes = 1024
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304
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305 # Set max. process size in megabytes. Most of the memory goes to mmap()ing
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306 # files, so it shouldn't harm much even if this limit is set pretty high.
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307 #mail_process_size = 256
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308
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309 # Maximum allowed length for mail keyword name. It's only forced when trying
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310 # to create new keywords.
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311 #mail_max_keyword_length = 50
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312
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313 # Default umask to use for mail files and directories.
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314 #umask = 0077
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315
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316 # ':' separated list of directories under which chrooting is allowed for mail
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317 # processes (ie. /var/mail will allow chrooting to /var/mail/foo/bar too).
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318 # This setting doesn't affect login_chroot or auth_chroot variables.
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319 # WARNING: Never add directories here which local users can modify, that
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320 # may lead to root exploit. Usually this should be done only if you don't
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321 # allow shell access for users. See doc/configuration.txt for more information.
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322 #valid_chroot_dirs =
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323
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324 # Default chroot directory for mail processes. This can be overridden for
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325 # specific users in user database by giving /./ in user's home directory
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326 # (eg. /home/./user chroots into /home). Note that usually there is no real
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327 # need to do chrooting, Dovecot doesn't allow users to access files outside
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328 # their mail directory anyway.
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329 #mail_chroot =
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330
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331 ##
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332 ## Mailbox handling optimizations
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333 ##
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334
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335 # Space-separated list of fields to initially save into cache file. Currently
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336 # these fields are allowed:
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337 #
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338 # flags, date.sent, date.received, size.virtual, size.physical
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339 # mime.parts, imap.body, imap.bodystructure
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340 #
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341 # Different IMAP clients work in different ways, so they benefit from
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342 # different cached fields. Some do not benefit from them at all. Caching more
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343 # than necessary generates useless disk I/O, so you don't want to do that
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344 # either.
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345 #
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346 # Dovecot attempts to automatically figure out what client wants and it keeps
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347 # only that. However the first few times a mailbox is opened, Dovecot hasn't
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348 # yet figured out what client needs, so it may not perform optimally. If you
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349 # know what fields the majority of your clients need, it may be useful to set
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350 # these fields by hand. If client doesn't actually use them, Dovecot will
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351 # eventually drop them.
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352 #
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353 # Usually you should just leave this field alone. The potential benefits are
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354 # typically unnoticeable.
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355 #mail_cache_fields =
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356
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357 # Space-separated list of fields that Dovecot should never save to cache file.
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358 # Useful if you want to save disk space at the cost of more I/O when the fields
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359 # needed.
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360 #mail_never_cache_fields =
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361
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362 # The minimum number of mails in a mailbox before updates are done to cache
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363 # file. This allows optimizing Dovecot's behavior to do less disk writes at
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364 # the cost of more disk reads.
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365 #mail_cache_min_mail_count = 0
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366
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367 # When IDLE command is running, mailbox is checked once in a while to see if
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368 # there are any new mails or other changes. This setting defines the minimum
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369 # time to wait between those checks. Dovecot is however able to use dnotify
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370 # and inotify with Linux to reply immediately after the change occurs.
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371 #mailbox_idle_check_interval = 30
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372
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373 # Save mails with CR+LF instead of plain LF. This makes sending those mails
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374 # take less CPU, especially with sendfile() syscall with Linux and FreeBSD.
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375 # But it also creates a bit more disk I/O which may just make it slower.
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376 # Also note that if other software reads the mboxes/maildirs, they may handle
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377 # the extra CRs wrong and cause problems.
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378 #mail_save_crlf = no
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380 ##
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381 ## Maildir-specific settings
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382 ##
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383
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384 # By default LIST command returns all entries in maildir beginning with dot.
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385 # Enabling this option makes Dovecot return only entries which are directories.
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386 # This is done by stat()ing each entry, so it causes more disk I/O.
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387 # (For systems setting struct dirent->d_type, this check is free and it's
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388 # done always regardless of this setting)
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389 #maildir_stat_dirs = no
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390
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391 # Copy mail to another folders using hard links. This is much faster than
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392 # actually copying the file. This is problematic only if something modifies
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393 # the mail in one folder but doesn't want it modified in the others. I don't
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394 # know any MUA which would modify mail files directly. IMAP protocol also
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395 # requires that the mails don't change, so it would be problematic in any case.
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396 # If you care about performance, enable it.
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397 #maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = no
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399 ##
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400 ## mbox-specific settings
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401 ##
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403 # Which locking methods to use for locking mbox. There's four available:
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404 # dotlock: Create <mailbox>.lock file. This is the oldest and most NFS-safe
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405 # solution. If you want to use /var/mail/ like directory, the users
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406 # will need write access to that directory.
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407 # fcntl : Use this if possible. Works with NFS too if lockd is used.
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408 # flock : May not exist in all systems. Doesn't work with NFS.
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409 # lockf : May not exist in all systems. Doesn't work with NFS.
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410 #
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411 # You can use multiple locking methods; if you do the order they're declared
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412 # in is important to avoid deadlocks if other MTAs/MUAs are using multiple
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413 # locking methods as well. Some operating systems don't allow using some of
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414 # them simultaneously.
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415 #mbox_read_locks = fcntl
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416 #mbox_write_locks = dotlock fcntl
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417
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418 # Maximum time in seconds to wait for lock (all of them) before aborting.
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419 #mbox_lock_timeout = 300
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420
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421 # If dotlock exists but the mailbox isn't modified in any way, override the
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422 # lock file after this many seconds.
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423 #mbox_dotlock_change_timeout = 120
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424
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425 # When mbox changes unexpectedly we have to fully read it to find out what
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426 # changed. If the mbox is large this can take a long time. Since the change
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427 # is usually just a newly appended mail, it'd be faster to simply read the
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428 # new mails. If this setting is enabled, Dovecot does this but still safely
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429 # fallbacks to re-reading the whole mbox file whenever something in mbox isn't
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430 # how it's expected to be. The only real downside to this setting is that if
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431 # some other MUA changes message flags, Dovecot doesn't notice it immediately.
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432 # Note that a full sync is done with SELECT, EXAMINE, EXPUNGE and CHECK
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433 # commands.
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434 #mbox_dirty_syncs = yes
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435
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436 # Like mbox_dirty_syncs, but don't do full syncs even with SELECT, EXAMINE,
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437 # EXPUNGE or CHECK commands. If this is set, mbox_dirty_syncs is ignored.
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438 #mbox_very_dirty_syncs = no
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439
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440 # Delay writing mbox headers until doing a full write sync (EXPUNGE and CHECK
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441 # commands and when closing the mailbox). This is especially useful for POP3
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442 # where clients often delete all mails. The downside is that our changes
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443 # aren't immediately visible to other MUAs.
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444 #mbox_lazy_writes = yes
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445
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446 # If mbox size is smaller than this (in kilobytes), don't write index files.
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447 # If an index file already exists it's still read, just not updated.
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448 #mbox_min_index_size = 0
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449
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450 ##
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451 ## dbox-specific settings
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452 ##
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453
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454 # Maximum dbox file size in kilobytes until it's rotated.
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455 #dbox_rotate_size = 2048
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456
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457 # Minimum dbox file size in kilobytes before it's rotated
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458 # (overrides dbox_rotate_days)
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459 #dbox_rotate_min_size = 16
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460
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461 # Maximum dbox file age in days until it's rotated. Day always begins from
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462 # midnight, so 1 = today, 2 = yesterday, etc. 0 = check disabled.
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463 #dbox_rotate_days = 0
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464
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465 ##
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466 ## IMAP specific settings
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467 ##
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468
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469 protocol imap {
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470 # Login executable location.
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471 #login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
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472
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473 # IMAP executable location. Changing this allows you to execute other
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474 # binaries before the imap process is executed.
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475 #
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476 # This would write rawlogs into ~/dovecot.rawlog/ directory:
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477 # mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/rawlog /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
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478 #
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479 # This would attach gdb into the imap process and write backtraces into
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480 # /tmp/gdbhelper.* files:
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481 # mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/gdbhelper /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
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482 #
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483 #mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
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484
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485 # Maximum IMAP command line length in bytes. Some clients generate very long
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486 # command lines with huge mailboxes, so you may need to raise this if you get
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487 # "Too long argument" or "IMAP command line too large" errors often.
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488 #imap_max_line_length = 65536
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489
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490 # Support for dynamically loadable plugins. mail_plugins is a space separated
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491 # list of plugins to load.
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492 #mail_plugins =
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493 #mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
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494
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495 # Send IMAP capabilities in greeting message. This makes it unnecessary for
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496 # clients to request it with CAPABILITY command, so it saves one round-trip.
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497 # Many clients however don't understand it and ask the CAPABILITY anyway.
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498 #login_greeting_capability = no
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499
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500 # Workarounds for various client bugs:
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501 # delay-newmail:
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502 # Send EXISTS/RECENT new mail notifications only when replying to NOOP
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503 # and CHECK commands. Some clients ignore them otherwise, for example
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504 # OSX Mail. Outlook Express breaks more badly though, without this it
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505 # may show user "Message no longer in server" errors. Note that OE6 still
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506 # breaks even with this workaround if synchronization is set to
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507 # "Headers Only".
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508 # outlook-idle:
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509 # Outlook and Outlook Express never abort IDLE command, so if no mail
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510 # arrives in half a hour, Dovecot closes the connection. This is still
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511 # fine, except Outlook doesn't connect back so you don't see if new mail
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512 # arrives.
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513 # netscape-eoh:
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514 # Netscape 4.x breaks if message headers don't end with the empty "end of
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515 # headers" line. Normally all messages have this, but setting this
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516 # workaround makes sure that Netscape never breaks by adding the line if
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517 # it doesn't exist. This is done only for FETCH BODY[HEADER.FIELDS..]
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518 # commands. Note that RFC says this shouldn't be done.
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519 # tb-extra-mailbox-sep:
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520 # With mbox storage a mailbox can contain either mails or submailboxes,
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521 # but not both. Thunderbird separates these two by forcing server to
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522 # accept '/' suffix in mailbox names in subscriptions list.
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523 # The list is space-separated.
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524 #imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle
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525 }
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526
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527 ##
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528 ## POP3 specific settings
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529 ##
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530
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531 protocol pop3 {
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532 # Login executable location.
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533 #login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
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534
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535 # POP3 executable location
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536 #mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
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537
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538 # Don't try to set mails non-recent or seen with POP3 sessions. This is
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539 # mostly intended to reduce disk I/O. With maildir it doesn't move files
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540 # from new/ to cur/, with mbox it doesn't write Status-header.
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541 #pop3_no_flag_updates = no
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542
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543 # Support LAST command which exists in old POP3 specs, but has been removed
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544 # from new ones. Some clients still wish to use this though. Enabling this
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545 # makes RSET command clear all \Seen flags from messages.
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546 #pop3_enable_last = no
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547
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548 # If mail has X-UIDL header, use it as the mail's UIDL.
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549 #pop3_reuse_xuidl = no
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550
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551 # Keep the mailbox locked for the entire POP3 session.
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552 #pop3_lock_session = no
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553
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554 # POP3 UIDL format to use. You can use following variables:
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555 #
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556 # %v - Mailbox UIDVALIDITY
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557 # %u - Mail UID
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558 # %m - MD5 sum of the mailbox headers in hex (mbox only)
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559 # %f - filename (maildir only)
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560 #
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561 # If you want UIDL compatibility with other POP3 servers, use:
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562 # UW's ipop3d : %08Xv%08Xu
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563 # Courier version 0 : %f
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564 # Courier version 1 : %u
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565 # Courier version 2 : %v-%u
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566 # Cyrus (<= 2.1.3) : %u
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567 # Cyrus (>= 2.1.4) : %v.%u
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568 # Older Dovecots : %v.%u
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569 #
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570 # Note that Outlook 2003 seems to have problems with %v.%u format which was
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571 # Dovecot's default, so if you're building a new server it would be a good
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572 # idea to change this. %08Xu%08Xv should be pretty fail-safe.
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573 #
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574 # NOTE: Nowadays this is required to be set explicitly, since the old
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575 # default was bad but it couldn't be changed without breaking existing
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576 # installations. %08Xu%08Xv will be the new default, so use it for new
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577 # installations.
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578 #
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579 #pop3_uidl_format =
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580
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581 # POP3 logout format string:
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582 # %t - number of TOP commands
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583 # %p - number of bytes sent to client as a result of TOP command
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584 # %r - number of RETR commands
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585 # %b - number of bytes sent to client as a result of RETR command
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586 # %d - number of deleted messages
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587 # %m - number of messages (before deletion)
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588 # %s - mailbox size in bytes (before deletion)
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589 #pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s
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590
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591 # Support for dynamically loadable plugins. mail_plugins is a space separated
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592 # list of plugins to load.
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593 #mail_plugins =
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594 #mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
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595
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596 # Workarounds for various client bugs:
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597 # outlook-no-nuls:
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598 # Outlook and Outlook Express hang if mails contain NUL characters.
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599 # This setting replaces them with 0x80 character.
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600 # oe-ns-eoh:
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601 # Outlook Express and Netscape Mail breaks if end of headers-line is
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602 # missing. This option simply sends it if it's missing.
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603 # The list is space-separated.
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604 #pop3_client_workarounds =
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605 }
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606
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607 ##
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608 ## Authentication processes
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609 ##
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610
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611 # Executable location
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612 #auth_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth
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613
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614 # Set max. process size in megabytes.
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615 #auth_process_size = 256
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616
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617 # Authentication cache size in kilobytes. 0 means it's disabled.
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618 # Note that bsdauth, PAM and vpopmail require cache_key to be set for caching
3659
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619 # to be used. Also note that currently auth cache doesn't work very well if
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620 # you're using multiple passdbs with same usernames in them.
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621 #auth_cache_size = 0
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622 # Time to live in seconds for cached data. After this many seconds the cached
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623 # record is no longer used, *except* if the main database lookup returns
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624 # internal failure.
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625 #auth_cache_ttl = 3600
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626
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627 # Space separated list of realms for SASL authentication mechanisms that need
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628 # them. You can leave it empty if you don't want to support multiple realms.
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629 # Many clients simply use the first one listed here, so keep the default realm
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630 # first.
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631 #auth_realms =
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632
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633 # Default realm/domain to use if none was specified. This is used for both
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634 # SASL realms and appending @domain to username in plaintext logins.
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635 #auth_default_realm =
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636
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637 # List of allowed characters in username. If the user-given username contains
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638 # a character not listed in here, the login automatically fails. This is just
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639 # an extra check to make sure user can't exploit any potential quote escaping
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640 # vulnerabilities with SQL/LDAP databases. If you want to allow all characters,
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641 # set this value to empty.
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642 #auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@
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643
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644 # Username character translations before it's looked up from databases. The
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645 # value contains series of from -> to characters. For example "#@/@" means
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646 # that '#' and '/' characters are translated to '@'.
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647 #auth_username_translation =
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648
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649 # Username formatting before it's looked up from databases. You can use
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650 # the standard variables here, eg. %Lu would lowercase the username, %n would
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651 # drop away the domain if it was given, or "%n-AT-%d" would change the '@' into
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652 # "-AT-". This translation is done after auth_username_translation changes.
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653 #auth_username_format =
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654
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655 # If you want to allow master users to log in by specifying the master
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656 # username within the normal username string (ie. not using SASL mechanism's
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657 # support for it), you can specify the separator character here. The format
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658 # is then <username><separator><master username>. UW-IMAP uses "*" as the
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659 # separator, so that could be a good choice.
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660 #auth_master_user_separator =
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661
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662 # Username to use for users logging in with ANONYMOUS SASL mechanism
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663 #auth_anonymous_username = anonymous
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664
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665 # More verbose logging. Useful for figuring out why authentication isn't
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666 # working.
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667 #auth_verbose = no
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668
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669 # Even more verbose logging for debugging purposes. Shows for example SQL
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670 # queries.
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671 #auth_debug = no
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672
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673 # In case of password mismatches, log the passwords and used scheme so the
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674 # problem can be debugged. Requires auth_debug=yes to be set.
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675 #auth_debug_passwords = no
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676
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677 # Maximum number of dovecot-auth worker processes. They're used to execute
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678 # blocking passdb and userdb queries (eg. MySQL and PAM). They're
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679 # automatically created and destroyed as needed.
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680 #auth_worker_max_count = 30
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681
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682 # Kerberos keytab to use for the GSSAPI mechanism. Will use the system
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683 # default (usually /etc/krb5.keytab) if not specified.
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684 #auth_krb5_keytab =
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685
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686 auth default {
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687 # Space separated list of wanted authentication mechanisms:
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688 # plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 ntlm rpa apop anonymous gssapi
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689 mechanisms = plain
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690
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691 #
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692 # Password database is used to verify user's password (and nothing more).
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693 # You can have multiple passdbs and userdbs. This is useful if you want to
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694 # allow both system users (/etc/passwd) and virtual users to login without
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695 # duplicating the system users into virtual database.
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696 #
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697 # http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication
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698 #
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699 # By adding master=yes setting inside a passdb you make the passdb a list
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700 # of "master users", who can log in as anyone else. Unless you're using PAM,
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701 # you probably still want the destination user to be looked up from passdb
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702 # that it really exists. This can be done by adding pass=yes setting to the
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703 # master passdb.
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704 #
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705 # http://wiki.dovecot.org/MasterPassword
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706
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707 # Users can be temporarily disabled by adding a passdb with deny=yes.
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708 # If the user is found from that database, authentication will fail.
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709 # The deny passdb should always be specified before others, so it gets
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710 # checked first. Here's an example:
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711 #passdb passwd-file {
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712 # File contains a list of usernames, one per line
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713 #args = /etc/dovecot.deny
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714 #deny = yes
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715 #}
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716
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717 # PAM authentication. Preferred nowadays by most systems.
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718 # Note that PAM can only be used to verify if user's password is correct,
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719 # so it can't be used as userdb. If you don't want to use a separate user
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720 # database (passwd usually), you can use static userdb.
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721 # REMEMBER: You'll need /etc/pam.d/dovecot file created for PAM
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722 # authentication to actually work.
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723 passdb pam {
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724 # [session=yes] [setcred=yes] [cache_key=<key>] [<service name>]
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725 #
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726 # session=yes makes Dovecot open and immediately close PAM session. Some
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727 # PAM plugins need this to work, such as pam_mkhomedir.
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728 #
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729 # setcred=yes makes Dovecot establish PAM credentials if some PAM plugins
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730 # need that. They aren't ever deleted though, so this isn't enabled by
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731 # default.
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732 #
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733 # cache_key can be used to enable authentication caching for PAM
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734 # (auth_cache_size also needs to be set). It isn't enabled by default
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735 # because PAM modules can do all kinds of checks besides checking password,
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736 # such as checking IP address. Dovecot can't know about these checks
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737 # without some help. cache_key is simply a list of variables (see
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738 # doc/variables.txt) which must match for the cached data to be used.
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739 # Here are some examples:
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740 # %u - Username must match. Probably sufficient for most uses.
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741 # %u%r - Username and remote IP address must match.
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742 # %u%s - Username and service (ie. IMAP, POP3) must match.
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743 #
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744 # If service name is "*", it means the authenticating service name
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745 # is used, eg. pop3 or imap (/etc/pam.d/pop3, /etc/pam.d/imap).
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746 #
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747 # Some examples:
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748 # args = session=yes *
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749 # args = cache_key=%u dovecot
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750 #args = dovecot
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751 }
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752
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753 # /etc/passwd or similar, using getpwnam()
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754 # In many systems nowadays this uses Name Service Switch, which is
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755 # configured in /etc/nsswitch.conf.
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756 #passdb passwd {
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757 #}
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758
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759 # /etc/shadow or similiar, using getspnam(). Deprecated by PAM nowadays.
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760 #passdb shadow {
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761 #}
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762
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763 # BSD authentication. Used by at least OpenBSD.
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764 #passdb bsdauth {
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765 # [cache_key=<key>] - See cache_key in PAM for explanation.
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766 #args =
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767 #}
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768
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769 # passwd-like file with specified location
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770 #passdb passwd-file {
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771 # Path for passwd-file
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772 #args =
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773 #}
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774
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775 # checkpassword executable authentication
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776 # NOTE: You will probably want to use "userdb prefetch" with this.
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777 #passdb checkpassword {
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778 # Path for checkpassword binary
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779 #args =
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780 #}
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781
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782 # SQL database
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783 #passdb sql {
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784 # Path for SQL configuration file, see doc/dovecot-sql.conf for example
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785 #args =
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786 #}
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787
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788 # LDAP database
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789 #passdb ldap {
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790 # Path for LDAP configuration file, see doc/dovecot-ldap.conf for example
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791 #args =
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792 #}
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793
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794 # vpopmail authentication
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795 #passdb vpopmail {
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796 # [cache_key=<key>] - See cache_key in PAM for explanation.
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797 #args =
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798 #}
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799
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800 #
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801 # User database specifies where mails are located and what user/group IDs
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802 # own them. For single-UID configuration use "static".
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803 #
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804 # http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication
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805 # http://wiki.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers
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806 #
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807
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808 # /etc/passwd or similar, using getpwnam()
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809 # In many systems nowadays this uses Name Service Switch, which is
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810 # configured in /etc/nsswitch.conf.
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811 userdb passwd {
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812 }
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813
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814 # passwd-like file with specified location
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815 #userdb passwd-file {
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816 # Path for passwd-file
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817 #args =
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818 #}
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819
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820 # static settings generated from template
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821 #userdb static {
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822 # Template for settings. Can return anything a userdb could normally
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823 # return, eg.: uid, gid, home, mail, nice
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824 #
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825 # A few examples:
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826 #
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827 # args = uid=500 gid=500 home=/var/mail/%u
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828 # args = uid=500 gid=500 home=/home/%u mail=mbox:/home/%u/mail nice=10
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829 #
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830 #args =
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831 #}
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832
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833 # SQL database
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834 #userdb sql {
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835 # Path for SQL configuration file, see doc/dovecot-sql.conf for example
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836 #args =
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837 #}
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838
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839 # LDAP database
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840 #userdb ldap {
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841 # Path for LDAP configuration file, see doc/dovecot-ldap.conf for example
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842 #args =
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843 #}
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844
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845 # vpopmail
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846 #userdb vpopmail {
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847 #}
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848
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849 # "prefetch" user database means that the passdb already provided the
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4d2ee2274c70 Added information about userdb passdb.
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850 # needed information and there's no need to do a separate userdb lookup.
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851 # This can be made to work with SQL and LDAP databases, see their example
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852 # configuration files for more information how to do it.
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853 # http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthSpecials
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854 #userdb prefetch {
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855 #}
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856
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857 # User to use for the process. This user needs access to only user and
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858 # password databases, nothing else. Only shadow and pam authentication
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859 # requires roots, so use something else if possible. Note that passwd
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860 # authentication with BSDs internally accesses shadow files, which also
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861 # requires roots. Note that this user is NOT used to access mails.
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862 # That user is specified by userdb above.
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863 user = root
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864
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865 # Directory where to chroot the process. Most authentication backends don't
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866 # work if this is set, and there's no point chrooting if auth_user is root.
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867 # Note that valid_chroot_dirs isn't needed to use this setting.
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868 #chroot =
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869
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870 # Number of authentication processes to create
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871 #count = 1
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872
dc5d0da1abe9 Added ssl_require_client_cert auth-specific setting. Hide
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873 # Require a valid SSL client certificate or the authentication fails.
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874 #ssl_require_client_cert = no
3635
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875
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876 # Take the username from client's SSL certificate, using X509_NAME_oneline()
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877 # which typically uses subject's Distinguished Name.
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878 #ssl_username_from_cert = no
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879
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880 # It's possible to export the authentication interface to other programs:
4360
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881 #socket listen {
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882 #master {
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883 # Master socket is typically used to give Dovecot's local delivery
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884 # agent access to userdb so it can find mailbox locations. It can
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885 # however also be used to disturb regular user authentications.
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886 # WARNING: Giving untrusted users access to master socket may be a
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887 # security risk, don't give too wide permissions to it!
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888 #path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
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889 #mode = 0600
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890 # Default user/group is the one who started dovecot-auth (root)
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891 #user =
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892 #group =
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893 #}
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894 #client {
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895 # The client socket is generally safe to export to everyone. Typical use
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896 # is to export it to your SMTP server so it can do SMTP AUTH lookups
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897 # using it.
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898 #path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client
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899 #mode = 0660
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900 #}
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901 #}
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902 }
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903
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904 # If you wish to use another authentication server than dovecot-auth, you can
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905 # use connect sockets. They assumed to be already running, Dovecot's master
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906 # process only tries to connect to them. They don't need any other settings
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907 # than the path for the master socket, as the configuration is done elsewhere.
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908 # Note that the client sockets must exist in the login_dir.
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909 #auth external {
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910 # socket connect {
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911 # master {
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912 # path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
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913 # }
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914 # }
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915 #}
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916
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917 plugin {
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918 # Here you can give some extra environment variables to mail processes.
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919 # This is mostly meant for passing parameters to plugins. %variable
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920 # expansion is done for all values.
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921
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922 # Quota plugin. Multiple backends are supported:
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923 # dirsize: Find and sum all the files found from mail directory
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924 # dict: Keep quota stored in dictionary (eg. SQL)
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925 # maildir: Maildir++ quota
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926 # fs: Read-only support for filesystem quota
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927 #quota = maildir
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929 # ACL plugin. vfile backend reads ACLs from "dovecot-acl" file from maildir
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930 # directory. You can also optionally give a global ACL directory path where
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931 # ACLs are applied to all users' mailboxes. The global ACL directory contains
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932 # one file for each mailbox, eg. INBOX or sub.mailbox.
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933 #acl = vfile:/etc/dovecot-acls
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934
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935 # Convert plugin. If set, specifies the source storage path which is
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936 # converted to destination storage (default_mail_env).
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937 #convert_mail = mbox:%h/mail
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938 }